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A Voice of the Violet Crown
Updated September 19, 2023 I had a friend, Coleen Grant Hardin, who was fascinated with genealogy, just as I am. She once told me the story of her great-grandmother, Dr. Elizabeth Durbin Irby Crow Smith, one of the first woman physicians in Northern Louisiana. As Elizabeth passed away at age 73, she said to those around her: It’s a shame for me to die and take all this knowledge with me. Few of us will … Read more
The Kind of Neighborhood It Is, Part 1
When I heard about Crestview Neighborhood Association’s Volunteer Appreciation Party, coming up on April 9, 2012, it got me thinking about all the different ways people contribute to our community. Don Gresser and his wife, Gladys, had lived in Crestview for 61 years when we interviewed them in March 2009. In telling us about their lives, more than once they mentioned how they volunteered for one project or another. For many years, they helped distribute … Read more
A Salute to Violet Crown Veterans, Part 2
Updated 2018 Our special series for Veterans Day concludes with stories about Bob Harwood, Ben Petmecky, and Emory Muehlbrad and video clips of John Carlson and Bill Williamson talking about veterans settling in Crestview as it was being developed in the late 1940s and early 1950s. BOB HARWOOD Bob was awarded the Silver Star and Purple Heart for his service in the Army during World War II. He enlisted in February 1942 and served in … Read more
Some Good Neighbors Remembered
Updated January 30, 2024 Copyright 2011-2024 Susan Burneson. All rights reserved. Kindly talk with us before reproducing any website content. We dedicated the blog post “A Voice of the Violet Crown” in memory of some of the good neighbors we have known. Here’s more about each of them. Photo of the gate image, below left, from the “Local” series by Brentwood neighbor Al Evans, 1946-2022, and reprinted with his permission. More about Al below, in … Read more